BTS Releases March 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Data

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DOT Tentatively Approves IATA’s Data Transmission Standard, Adds Measures to Protect Privacy and Address Other Consumer and Industry Concerns

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today tentatively approved a proposal that would help modernize the marketing and sale of airline products by enabling all of the market players –airlines, travel agents, global distribution systems (GDSs), and consumers – to “speak the same...

U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Additional Consumer Protections for Air Travelers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today proposed new consumer protections for air travelers, building on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) previous passenger protection rules issued in December 2009 and April 2011. Today’s...

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFERS UNPRECEDENTED RULES TO ENSURE AVIATION CONSUMER PROTECTION

Under the Obama Administration, the Department of Transportation has completed two comprehensive aviation consumer rulemakings that have led to better, more fair treatment for the traveling public. Improvements include:

Tarmac Delays Virtually Eliminated

In December 2009...

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for NPRM on Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and other Consumer Protection Issues

This document presents the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis to accompany the US Department of Transportation’s (the Department) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to enhance airline passenger protections in relation to: the display of airline-imposed ancillary service fees; customer...

Initial Regulatory Impact Analysis for NPRM on Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and other Consumer Protection Issues

The US Department of Transportation (the Department) is presenting this Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) prepared by HDR Decision Economics (HDR) in support of the Notice of Proposed Rule making (NPRM) to enhance airline passenger protections in relation to: the display of airline - imposed...

Passenger Protections NPRM - Word version

The Department is seeking comment on a number of proposals to enhance protections for air travelers and to improve the air travel environment, including a proposal to clarify and codify the Department’s interpretation of the statutory definition of “ticket agent.” By codifying the Department’s...

Passenger Protections NPRM - PDF version

The Department is seeking comment on a number of proposals to enhance protections for air travelers and to improve the air travel environment, including a proposal to clarify and codify the Department’s interpretation of the statutory definition of “ticket agent.” By codifying the Department’s...

IATA Resolution 787: Enhanced Airline Distribution: Order to Show Cause

On March 11, 2013, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) filed with the Department under section 41309 of Title 49 of the United States Code (the Code), and Part 303 of the Department’s regulations, an agreement that adopts new Resolution 787(Enhanced Airline Distribution). The...

February 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

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